Finally was able to get back in the garage over the weekend. Bronchitis, the cruise and then a week of temperatures right around zero kept me out of it the last month or so. Picked up right where I left off – grinding the rust from the underside of the body, priming the spots of bare metal, then hitting it with liberal doses of undercoating. Did just the center portion, from the area above the gas tank all the way forward to the firewall. Left the outboard sections for later, probably just before the bodywork stage. Wanted to focus on the center section for now because I don’t really want to take out the drivetrain, brake lines and fuel lines again.

Next up – running those brake and fuel lines and installing the gas tank.